States Get Reduced Rate On Loans, N656bn Bridging Facility
The federal government has cut down to 5 per cent, the interest rate on intervention facilities to state governments in addition to a bridging facility of N656.1 billion in a boost to…
FG restates December 1 deadline for workers to vaccinate
The Federal Government is to engage the Nigeria Governors’ Forum on mass vaccination of citizens. It restated the December 1 deadline for federal civil servants to take the COVID-19…
Alleged importer of fake Tramadol gets N10m bail
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Monday, granted a N10 million bail to a 43-year-old businessman, Afamefuna Udensi, charged with alleged importation of fake Tramadol. The…
NBA, others oppose Senate’s move to establish six more law schools
The move by the Senate for the establishment of six more law schools, yesterday, suffered a setback. The opposition came from the Council of Legal Education (CLE), Nigerian Bar…
EFCC Drags CEO To Court Over $100m Fraud
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dragged the Group Managing Director (GMD) of an oil marketing firm, Triumph Oil and Gas Madagascar Nigeria Limited, Ibrahim…
REJOINDER TO DAILY TRUST REPORT TITLED “CERTIFICATE, AGE SCANDAL ROCKS ICPC
The attention of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offices Commission (ICPC) has been drawn to an inaccurate report titled “Certificate, Age Scandal Rocks ICPC” published on Monday,…
Political solution to Kanu, Igboho saga: I don’t believe FG — Ayo Adebanjo
LEADER of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, yesterday, said it does not believe in the Federal Government’s disposition to a political…
‘Soldiers killed protesters, LCC manipulated footage’ — inside Lagos #EndSARS panel report
The Lagos judicial panel on police brutality says officers of the Nigerian army shot at and killed protesters at Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020. Over the past year, the panel has heard…
Ekiti 2022: Senator Olujimi, eight other women join race
Senator Biodun Olujimi, representing Ekiti South Senatorial District, has indicated her interest to contest the state’s governorship election slated for June 18, 2022.…
50 insurgents killed as troops launch counter-offensive in Borno after general’s death
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s operation Hadin Kai have killed over 50 fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Askira Uba LGA of Borno state. ISWAP had, on…
Tinubu commiserates with Aliko Dangote over brother’s passing
All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Tinubu, has commiserated with business mogul and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, over the death of his younger…
Anambra poll: APGA assembles lawyers for Soludo against Andy Uba
The All Progressives Grand Alliance has begun recruitment of election ligation lawyers to face Andy Uba, the All Progressives Congress candidate in court over the just…
Domestic Airlines May Demand Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination, Says Ehanire
As the December deadline fixed for all federal civil servants to get vaccinated against COVID-19 draws near, the federal government is mulling the possibility of compelling passengers of…
In Durban, Buhari Says Nigeria’s Economy Now Restructured from Oil Dependence to Multiple…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration has transformed the nation’s economy from being solely dependent on oil revenue to diverse revenue sources in the past years. He…
Ikoyi building: Engineers unveil preliminary report, suspect structural distress, others
The Nigerian Institute of Structural Engineers has stated that lack of quality control, quality assurance, and structural inadequacy may have led to the recent collapse of the 21-storey…
Nnamdi Kanu fighting for us, not himself, must be released – Mbaka
The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has commended the Indigenous People of Biafra for cancelling Mondays sit-at-home in the South-East, saying it was…
EndSARS Panel: Sanwo-Olu Sets Up Four-Member Committee For White Paper Report
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday set up a four-member committee led by Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) to raise a…
FUTO: ASUU Rejects Own Committee Report Confirming Pantami’s Professorship
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the umbrella for lecturers in Nigerian universities, has rejected the report submitted by a committee in its Owerri, Imo State zone, on the…
Missing OAU MBA Student, Timothy Adenike, found dead
Timothy Adegoke, the MBA student at Obafemii Awololowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, who was declared missing on November 7, is dead, FIJ can report. According to a statement signed and…
Why I Beat Lecturer To Coma – UNILORIN Student
A 400-Level student at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Salaudeen Waliu, popularly identified as Captain Walz, who reportedly beat up a lecturer, Mrs Zakariyyah, to stupor after an altercation…
‘ASUU To Go On Indefinite Strike In Three Weeks’
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it will embark on an indefinite strike if the federal government refuses to fulfil the promises it made to the union as…
Widow Of Ex-Foursquare GO Dies Three Months After Him
The widow of Wilson Badejo, former General Overseer of Foursquare Gospel Church, Mrs. Yinka Badejo, is dead. According to Church Times, a publication on churches, Yinka died in the…
Lawan, Gbaja Mourn Sani Dangote
Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the House of Representatives, have mourned Sani Dangote, younger brother of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. The…
ALERT: Iranian Hackers Targeting Telcos In Nigeria, NCC Warns
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerians about the existence of a hacking group orchestrating cyber espionage in the African telecoms space. An…